Quotes About Injustice

In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs.

Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state.

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.

I have always admired the courage of ordinary individuals to step up and speak out against injustice and tyranny.

In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.

Tyrants and dictators have incited hatred against ethnic and religious minorities for centuries in order to consolidate power for themselves.

Muslims have been subjected to so many tyrants and oppressive regimes. That's what the Arab Spring was about, but the problem comes in trying to direct a revolution.

The big tyrants never face justice.

Let tyrants shake their iron rod.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.